shore¹ /shōr or shör/

1. The land bordering on the sea or a large expanse of water
2. The foreshore
3. Land as opposed to the sea
4. (in pl) lands, countries

To set on shore

shoreˈless adjective

Having no shore, unlimited, boundless

shoreˈward adjective and adverb

shoreˈwards adverb

shoreˈbird noun

Any of various birds that live on the shore or close to water, a wader

shore boat noun

A boat plying near or to the shore

shore crab noun

A crab (Carcinus maenas) very common between tidemarks

shore due noun (Scot)

A harbour due

shore effect noun (telecommunications)

Horizontal refraction of a radio wave as it crosses a shoreline, causing direction-finding errors (also coastline effect)

shoreˈ-going adjective

1. Going, or for going, ashore
2. Land-dwelling

shore leave noun

Leave of absence granted to members of a ship's crew to go ashore

shoreˈline noun

1. The line of meeting of land and water
2. A rope connecting a net with the land

shoreˈman noun

1. A dweller on the shore
2. A landsman
3. (US also shoresˈman) a person who has an onshore job connected with fishery

shoreˈside noun

The area near the shore (also adjective)

shoreˈweed noun

A plant (Litorella lacustris) of the plantain family found on lake margins

on shore

1. On the land
2. Ashore

shore² /shōr or shör/

A temporary prop used to support a wall, excavation, etc, to prevent slipping, sagging, etc

To prop (often with up; also figurative)

shorˈer noun

shorˈing noun

1. Supporting by shores
2. A set of props

shore³ /shōr or shör/ (Aust and NZ or archaic) pat of shear

shore⁴ /shōr or shör/ (Scot)

1. To warn, threaten
2. To offer

Threatening, menace

shore⁵ /shōr or shör/ (archaic and dialect)

A sewer, drain, usu (as Shakespeare) common-shore

shear /shēr/

1. To cut, or clip, esp with shears
2. To strip, fleece (also figurative)
3. To cut superfluous nap from
4. To achieve or make by cutting
5. To tonsure
6. To reap with a sickle (Scot)
7. To subject to a shear (engineering and physics)

1. To separate
2. To cut
3. To penetrate
4. To reap with a sickle (Scot)

1. A shearing or clipping
2. A strain, stress, or deformation in which parallel planes remain parallel, but move parallel to themselves (engineering and physics)

shearˈer noun

1. A person who shears sheep
2. A reaper (Scot)

shearˈing noun

shearˈling noun

1. A sheep that has been shorn for the first time
2. The fleece of such a sheep, usu of inferior quality

shears plural noun

1. Orig scissors (also Scot)
2. Now a larger pair of clippers, or any scissorlike cutting instrument, with a pivot or spring
3. A hoisting apparatus (see sheers under sheer²)

shear force noun

A force that tends to cause sliding of adjacent layers relative to each other, in a material

shearˈ-hog noun

A shearling

shearˈ-hulk, shearˈleg see under sheer²

shearing shed noun (Aust and NZ)

A building in which sheep are shorn, esp one specially equipped with several power-driven shears, shearing platforms and wool-baling machines

shearˈman noun

A textile worker who shears superfluous nap from cloth

shear pin noun

A pin, which, as a safety mechanism, will shear and halt a machine or power-transmission when the correct load or stress is exceeded

shearˈ-steel noun

Steel suitable for making shears, etc

shearˈwater noun

A seabird of the family Procellariidae, related to the petrels, that skims the water when flying low

shear zones plural noun (geology)

Bands in metamorphic rocks consisting of crushed and brecciated material and many parallel fractures

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